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PORTRAYALS OF ROGERS FARM

Copyright Valerie Martin 2003

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The old buildings of Rogers Farm (date unsure)

 

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his is an image from a postcard pre 1929 — and that gives us some idea of the view over the Rogers Farm agricultural land towards Findon sometime near to that date — the scene is captured from the tall trees on the horizon of the photograph below.

 

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Rogers Farm pre 1929

 

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Rogers Farm, Pre 1931

 

 

Roger's Farm in 1938

Another view over Findon from the downland pre 1939.  Rogers Farm land is immediately below.  Chanctonbury Ring is clearly seen on the horizon.

 

The entrance to Rogers Farm.   The date is pre 1931.

 

Perhaps this photograph was taken around the same time..... with a puff of smoke coming out of the chimney.

I have always found that Rogers Farm lacked documentation .....but as you can see I have managed to scrape together a few details.  

View from West Hill with Rogers Farm below in the 1930s.

 

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Mike Hinton lives at Stable Cottage at Rogers Farm and the date set in the façade of Mike's property bears the initials WWR.   These I take to be the initials of William Westbrook Richardson, the Lord of the Manor of Findon and this indicates that the property came under the umbrella of the Manor at that time.  Huntsmans House and the Kennels at Long Furlong were also built by the Richardsons at the same period.

I was interested to learn from Pam Stepney of North End that there was a chicken farm at Rogers Farm in the 1950s.   It was owned by the Wilkes family of Blossomfield, Bost Hill, who had orchards.  Part was let to a Mr. Dannet who lived in one of the cottages where Mike now lives, and ran his chicken business. 

Rogers Farm in May 2004

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